David Teel

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David Teel is an award-winning sports columnist for the Daily Press. Inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in April 2014, he joined the newspaper in 1984 and has chronicled the Atlantic Coast Conference, dozens of college bowl games, 25 NCAA Final Fours, Super Bowl XLIII, U.S. Open golf, the 1996 Summer Olympics and more. Teel grew up in Baltimore, graduated from James Madison University in 1981 and still types with two fingers. His wife, Jill, is the family's most accomplished athlete and astute sports observer. The couple welcomed a daughter in 2011.

Recent Articles

Georgia stressed Alabama like no other. Ohio State dismantled Michigan’s top-ranked defense. Central Florida hasn’t lost since the Obama administration. Given the chance, any or all of the three might have brought considerable drama to this season’s College Football Playoff. But the CFP invites...

Kihei Clark is scheduled to have surgery on his broken left wrist Monday. The injury limited his dribbling Sunday, contributed to a turnover or two and may shelve him for a few games. But Clark’s contributions to undefeated Virginia’s 57-49 victory over VCU can’t be overstated. “When you’re a little...

Talk about sterling and prophetic debuts. In the opening half of his Bowl Subdivision baptism, Bryce Perkins became the first University of Virginia quarterback in nine years to rush for more than 100 yards in a game. In his first Virginia Tech start, Ryan Willis threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns...

More than most coaches, Justin Fuente and Luke Fickell understand the contrasts, real and perceived, subtle and glaring, among Power Five programs and the rest of college football’s Bowl Subdivision. This goes beyond the television revenue, ticket sales and fundraising advantages that Fuente enjoys...

Essentially, the game was over. Old Dominion led William and Mary by 18 points late, the Monarchs ending the Tribe’s recent dominance of this 757 rivalry with a vengeance. But though meaningless, one W&M possession in the waning moments summarized Wednesday night at the Constant Center. Tribe center...

Clemson is playoff-bound again, Virginia and Virginia Tech landed ideal destinations, and a record-tying 11 teams qualified for bowls. But make no mistake, ACC football has collectively underperformed in 2018, making the league’s postseason prospects grim indeed. Selection Sunday unfolded as it...

In 2012, Virginia Tech rescued its bowl streak with late-November victories over two last-place teams that finished a combined 6-18. Saturday afternoon, for the second time in as many weeks, the Hokies saved their postseason streak by defeating a bowl-bound opponent with considerable chops on both...

There is much to applaud about Virginia’s 76-71 basketball victory at Maryland on Wednesday. Indeed, Jack Salt’s career night, Kyle Guy’s heat-check first half and another Ty Jerome dagger might well make U.Va.’s year-end highlight reel. This will not, but this was central: In their first road...